well i though the ending was kind of sad because johnny dies after the got  done from the rumble and before he died he told pony boy to stay gold then when he died dally bit his teeth in cry ed  then the cops try to stop him but he died and then he pulls out his gun and the cos shot him and he died the same day that johnny died then pony at the end he though of all the things that happens and he thinks it was all studied.